In a message dated 10/29/2002 10:18:04 PM
Eastern Standard Time, horaceblack@yahoo.com writes:
I know that an online version wouldn't be as great,
but it
might be possible (I don't know what the
logistics would be like to do
it). But, companies
like MicroTactixs have had great success with
their
cardstock buildings. It would probable be less
expensive
for both PEG and the
players.
Horace Black
You wouldn't want that for playing cards.
Eeewww!
Shane
<<Snip>>
Well, as much
as I love to argue I gotta agree with Shanemeister here. If you're
determined to employ cards of any kind in an rpg you gotta go all out and not
cut corners. Remember Masterbook? Talk about your cut corners.
Those in the know will have to forgive me, the pun was deliberate. For those
of you who missed it or were too young to remember West End Game's line of Masterbook
products used a special deck of cards for initiative and action resolution.
Without going into too many details, the cards were graphically appealing and
very functional and I must say they really added to the fun of the game.
Unfortunately the cards were all hacked up right out of the box, imagine my
disappointment. They looked like a cross-eyed dyslexic chimp took a machete to
'em while in the fits of a seizure. Over the years I purchased each
and every Masterbook product, including the World of Aden written by one
esteemed Mr. Hensley. Great game but the Drama Deck (as it was
called) was really messed up. On the bright side when WEG reissued Torg
for a brief time they produced a lovely deck of 300 cards for use in the game.
Unlike the Drama Deck the Torg deck was professionally cut lacking the primate
precision of the predecessor.
Regards,
--
Joseph C.
Wolf